And they will be my special possession, says the Lord of hosts, on the day that I act. And I will spare them, just as a man spares his son who serves him.
Numbers 8:14 - Catholic Public Domain Version and you shall separate them from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that they may be for me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense]. American Standard Version (1901) Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine. Common English Bible You will separate the Levites from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine. English Standard Version 2016 “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. |
And they will be my special possession, says the Lord of hosts, on the day that I act. And I will spare them, just as a man spares his son who serves him.
I have given your brothers, the Levites, to you from the midst of the sons of Israel, and I have delivered them as a gift to the Lord, in order to serve in the ministries of his tabernacle.
"I have taken the Levites from the sons of Israel. For the Levites, and all the firstborn who open the womb among the sons of Israel, shall be mine.
"Take the Levites, in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites, in place of their cattle, and so the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
And you shall give the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons; for they have been delivered to them by the sons of Israel.
"Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: A man or a woman, when they have made a vow so that they may be sanctified, and when they are willing to consecrate themselves to the Lord,
And you shall set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and his sons, and you shall consecrate those being offered to the Lord,
For all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, as much from men as from beasts, are mine. From the day when I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I have sanctified them to myself.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called as an Apostle, separated for the Gospel of God,
But, when it pleased him who, from my mother's womb, had set me apart, and who has called me by his grace,
At that time, he separated the tribe of Levi, so that he would carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and stand before him in the ministry, and speak blessings in his name, even to the present day.
For it was fitting that we should have such a High Priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens.